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84th Academy Awards
DateFebruary 26, 2012
SiteHollywood and Highland Center
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hosted byBilly Crystal
Preshow hostsRobin Roberts
Tim Gunn
Louise Roe
Jess Cagle
Nina Garcia[1]
Produced byBrian Grazer[2]
Don Mischer
Directed byDon Mischer[2]
Highlights
Most nominationsHugo (11)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011. The ceremony took place on February 26, 2012 (5:30 p.m. PST, 8:30 p.m. EST, with a red carpet ceremony at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET),[3] at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California; it will be televised live in the United States on ABC.

Academy Awards of Merit was presented in 24 standard competitive categories at the February 26 ceremony. Nominations for these awards were announced by AMPAS on January 24, 2012.[4] In addition, three Honorary Academy Awards were presented at 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony held on on November 12, 2011.

The 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony was hosted by Billy Crystal and produced by Brian Grazer. The ceremony marked Crystal's ninth time serving as host for the Academy Awards.[5] The ceremony was originally scheduled to be hosted by Eddie Murphy.[6] However, Murphy stepped down after Brett Ratner resigned as producer, after Ratner used a gay slur when discussing rehearsals.[7]

Nominees and winners

The nominees[8] for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2012, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater by Tom Sherak, AMPAS president, and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence.[9] The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on February 26, 2012.

Unlike most award categories, the categories of Best Foreign Language Film, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects each have a multiple-stage nomination process. For these awards, specific Academy branches choose pre-nominees and then, from that list, final nominees. From the list of final nominees, the AMPAS membership selects the award winner. For example, seven Best Makeup pre-nominees were narrowed down to three final nominees, from which the entire AMPAS membership will choose a winner.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Picture Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Best Writing – Original Screenplay Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Best Animated Feature Best Foreign Language Film
Best Documentary – Feature Best Documentary – Short Subject
Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film
Best Original Score Best Original Song
Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing
Best Art Direction Best Cinematography
Best Makeup Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects

Honorary Academy Awards

The Academy held its 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2011, during which the following awards were presented.[10]

Academy Honorary Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Films with multiple nominations

The following 18 films received multiple nominations:

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:

Presenters

As of February 26, 2012:[11]

Performers

Changes to award categories

On June 14, 2011, Academy President Tom Sherak announced that the Board of Governors approved changes to the following award categories:[18]

  • Best Picture: The final nominees can now range from anywhere between five and ten. The nomination voting process will be the same as before, through preferential balloting, but now only films that receive a minimum of 5% of total number one votes are eligible for Best Picture nominations. "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number," Academy executive director Bruce Davis explained.
  • Best Animated Feature: This is now a permanent competitive category, and no longer requires the Board to "activate" it annually. Additionally, rules were amended to give the category more flexibility in terms of the number of nominees it can allow.
  • Best Documentary Feature: The category's eligibility period has been modified. Prior to 2011, documentaries that screened theatrically between September 1 and August 31 of the following year were eligible. This has now been changed to match the calendar year from January 1 to December 31. As a transition period, the 84th Academy Awards will accept documentaries that were released between September 1, 2010, to December 31, 2011.
  • Best Visual Effects: Previously, seven short-listed Best Visual Effects contenders were announced several weeks before the official nominations announcement. This number has now been changed to ten to coincide with last year's expansion of the category from three to five nominees.

Schedule

On April 26, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the following key dates for the 84th annual Academy Awards.[19]

Date Event
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Nominations announced at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) (8:38 a.m. EST) at Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 6, 2012 Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 11, 2012 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Final polls closed at 5:00 p.m. PST (01:00, 22 Feb. UTC) (8:00 p.m. EST)
Sunday, February 26, 2012 84th Annual Academy Awards presentation

Ceremony information

The Academy originally chose director Brett Ratner as co-producer of the ceremony with Don Mischer. Actor and comedian and Eddie Murphy was hired by Ratner to preside over hosting duties. However, after Ratner resigned as producer in the wake of using a gay slur when talking about rehearsals, Murphy subsquently stepped down. Immediately, the Academy selected film producer Brian Grazer as a replacement for Ratner, and actor and comedian Billy Crystal was recruited by Grazer to take over hosting duties.

For first time since 2008, the field of major nominees lacked a blockbuster at the American and Canadian box offices. In fact, only one of the nominees had grossed over $100 million before the nominations were announced (compared with three from the previous year).[20]

None of the nine Best Picture nominees was among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. When the nominations were announced on January 24, 2012, The Help was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $169.6 million in domestic box office receipts. Among the remaining eight nominees, Moneyball was the second-highest-grossing film with $75.5 million; this was followed by War Horse ($72.3 million); Midnight in Paris ($56.4 million); Hugo ($55.9 million); The Descendants ($51.3 million); The Tree of Life ($13.3 million); The Artist ($12.1 million); and, finally, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ($10.7 million).[21]

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 36 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only The Help (13th), Bridesmaids (14th), Kung Fu Panda 2 (15th), Puss in Boots (16th), Rango (22nd), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (28th), War Horse (41st), The Descendants (44th), and Moneyball (46th) were nominated for Best Picture (or Animated Feature), directing, acting, or screenwriting. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (1st), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2nd), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (11th), Rio (18th), The Muppets (34th), Real Steel (35th), and The Adventures of Tintin (43rd).

Academy Award records and statistics

  • Woody Allen, at the age of 76, becomes the sixth oldest nominee for Best Director.[22]
  • Viola Davis becomes only the second African-American actress to receive multiple Academy Award nominations. The first was Whoopi Goldberg.
  • Gary Oldman, after 30 years in film, earns his first nomination for his role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, his 48th film role.
  • Christopher Plummer, at the age of 82, becomes the fourth oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actor and oldest winner for Best Supporting Actor.[22]
  • Meryl Streep, breaking her own record, earns a 17th nomination for an acting award — the most nominations ever received by either an actor or an actress.[23][24][25] Prior to Streep's nomination streak, the previous record of 12 nominations was set by Katharine Hepburn in 1981 (and subsequently tied by Jack Nicholson in 2002).
  • Max von Sydow, at the age of 82, becomes the second oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actor.[22]

International telecasts

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See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Adam B. Vary (November 9, 2011). "Brian Grazer replacing Brett Ratner as new Oscar producer". Inside Movies. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "Time of event and live broadcast". The 84th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 Academy Award Nominations!". The Mud Doctor. January 24, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Seidman, Robert (November 10, 2011). "Billy Crystal to Return As Host for 84th Academy Awards". TV by the Numbers.
  6. ^ "Eddie Murphy to Host 84th Academy Awards® | Press Release | The Academy". Oscars.org. September 6, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  7. ^ "Academy Statement Regarding Brett Ratner". oscars.org. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  8. ^ BBC2012Noms. "Oscars 2012: Nominees in full". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved January 24, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  10. ^ Kilday, Gregg (August 2, 2011). "Oprah Winfrey to Receive Academy's Hersholt Humanitarian Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media.
  11. ^ "Presenters & Performers for the 84th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  12. ^ Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Oscar® Sunday, February 26, AMPAS, February 21, 2012.
  13. ^ "Tina Fey to Present at 84th Academy Awards Oscar Sunday, February 26, AMPAS, February 17, 2012.
  14. ^ "Milla Jovovich to Host Academy's Sci-Tech Awards", AMPAS, February 6, 2012.
  15. ^ "Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy to Present at 84th Academy Awards", AMPAS, February 17, 2012.
  16. ^ Stylist Kate Young to dress Portman Fashon, Shopping & Style
  17. ^ Thurston, Michael (19 February 2012). "Hollywood gears up for Oscars". AFP.com. Yahoo! News. Retrieved 20 February 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "Academy Builds Surprise Into Best Picture Rules". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 14, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  19. ^ "Key Dates Announced for the 84th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. April 26, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  20. ^ "2010 Academy Award Nominations". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  21. ^ "Oscars 2012: 'The Help' has biggest box office among nominees". Tribune Company. January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  22. ^ a b c ACADEMY AWARD STATISTICS awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Accessed February 25, 2012.
  23. ^ The Telegraph (2012-02-24). "The Oscars 2012 in numbers". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  24. ^ Guiness World Records (2012-02-24). "Oscars 2012: Meryl Streep extends record tally for most nominations". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  25. ^ Barry Norman (2012-01-30). "Meryl's magic! As she gets a record 17th Oscar nomination, the many faces of Ms Streep". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  26. ^ "Where to Watch". ABC. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
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